Page 3: Historical Events In January - 28

1813  On January - 28 jan Joseph Rosler, composer, dies at 41   

1814  Stendahl's 1st book is published on this day in history.   

1815  Andrew Jackson Hamilton, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1875 on this day in history.   

1817  Friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1818  George Sewall Boutwell, MC (Union), died in 1905 on January - 28.   

1819  Sir Stamford Raffles first lands in Singapore much later a famous Hotel bears his name on January - 28.   

1819  On January - 28 sir Stamford Raffles 1st lands in Singapore   

1820  On this day in history russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev discovered the Antarctic continent approaching the Antarctic coast.   

1821  On this day in history bellingshausen discovers Alexander Island off Antarctica   

1822  On this day in history alexander MacKenzie, (L) 2nd PM of Canada (1873-78)   

1824  On this day in history william Kneass becomes 3rd US chief engraver (1824-40)   

1825  George Edward Pickett, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1875 on this day in history.   

1828  On this day in history michel Abeloos, Flemish sculptor   

1829  William Burke, murderer/body snatcher, executed in Edinburgh on January - 28.   

1830  On this day in history the opera "Fra Diavolo" is produced (Paris)   

1830  Opera "Fra Diavolo," premieres in Paris on January - 28.   

1831  Henry Brevard Davidson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899 on this day in history.   

1832  Franz Wullner, composer on January - 28.   

1833  Charles George Gordon, London, general (China, Khartoum) on this day in history.   

1838  Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [NS] on this day in history.   

1841  On this day in history the birth of Sir Henry Morton Stanley, Sent to find the missing Dr Livingstone   

1841  Henry Stanley, Engld, journalist/explorer (found Livingston in Africa) on this day in history.   

1846  Battle of Allwal, Brits beat Sikhs in Punjab (India) on this day in history.   

1848  On January - 28 king of Naples grants his subjects a constitution   

1851  Northwestern University (Chicago) chartered on this day in history.   

1853  Jose Martí y Perez, Cuba, poet/essayist/politician on January - 28.   

1855  On January - 28 the first locomotive runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean on the Panama Railway.   

1855  William Seward Burroughs, NY, inventor (recording adding machine) on January - 28.   

1858  John Brown organized raid on Arsenal at Harper's Ferry on January - 28.   

1860  Britain formally returns Mosquito Coast to Nicaragua on this day in history.   

1864  Battle of New Bern, NC on January - 28.   

1864  On January - 28 herbert Akroyd Stuart, English engineer   

1865  On this day in history president Jefferson Davis names 3 peace commissioners   

1865  On January - 28 pres Jefferson Davis names 3 peace commissioners   

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1225  On January - 28 birth of saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274)   

1312  On January - 28 birth of queen Joan II of Navarre (d. 1349)   

1457  Henry VII, Pembroke Castle, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509) was born on this day in history.   

1540  Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610) was born on January - 28.   

1578  On this day in history birth of cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39)   

1582  John Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon) was born on this day in history.   

1600  Clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope (1667-69) was born on January - 28.   

1608  Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer was born on January - 28.   

0814  On January - 28 charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71   

1061  Death of Duke SpytihnÄ›v II of Bohemia (b. 1031) on January - 28.   

1119  Gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies on this day in history.   

1256  On this day in history willem II, earl of Holland/German emperor (1238, 47-56), dies at 22   

1271  Death of Isabella of Aragon, queen of Philip III of France (b. 1247) on this day in history.   

1393  Death of Earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball on January - 28.   

1443  Death of Robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France on this day in history.   

1528  Philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies on January - 28.